Water as a major modulator of the mechanical properties of insect cuticle

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2935-2942

  Klocke, David ^a   Schmitz, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cuticle; Insect; Mechanical properties; Nanoindentation; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; HARDNESS;

'DRY' [; CONDITION; CUTICLE; INSECT; INSECT CUTICLE; NANO INDENTATION; OUTER SURFACE; RE-WETTING; WATER BALANCE; YOUNG MODULUS;

NANOINDENTATION;

WATER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CUTICLE; FLUID BALANCE; HARDNESS; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTENT; YOUNG MODULUS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 79957698060     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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